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1980s anime-style ship clip (Troopers)

Hello, soldiers! Thanks for keeping this machine well-oiled, as always. 

Here’s a secret clip of a spaceship I animated last week. It took me 70 hours to do… ;__;
Let me know what you think below or hop onto the Discord.
Anyway, I hope you’re having a grand week! I’d best get back to work, so I’ll see you all later. Look after yourselves and stay hydrated!

The Hangar folks have been given the .psd files and reference images I used to make it. Assistant and Executiv...

1980s anime-style ship clip (Hangar)

Hello, members of the R-9 Hangar Staff!

Here’s a secret clip of a spaceship I animated last week, along with the .psd files of the space background and rock/debris layers I painted for it. Also, here are the reference images I used for inspiration. 

Assistant and Executive Wave Cannon tiers have been granted access to a tutorial video I made specially, showing how to make an 80s anime ship from scratch. This video shows use of the .psds and a copy of the songs, so now might be tim...

Tutorial: Animating an 80s anime spaceship (Asst. Wave)

Hello, special members of the Assistant Wave Cannon Researcher office!
 

Here’s a step by step tutorial video showing how I animate a spacecraft from start to finish.

And the finished spaceship clip too. There’s also a couple of .psd files for backgrounds used in the tutorial, so please take those too! Also, the reference images I used for inspiration which you can see scattered throughout the tutorial video as well. It's all in the convenient zip file attached below.

E...

Tutorial: Animating an 80s anime spaceship (Executive)

Hello, special members of the Executive Wave Cannon Research brigade!

Here’s a step by step tutorial video showing how I animate a spacecraft from start to finish. 

And the finished spaceship clip too. There’s also a couple of .psd files for backgrounds used in the tutorial, so please take those too! Also, the reference images I used for inspiration which you can see scattered throughout the tutorial video as well. Oh, and the song files too! Think of it like ...

NEW: Discord! Plus more Juri vs Bison

Hello everyone!

Here’s another StreetFighter scene for you. These are rough keys of a Juri/Bison fight so you can see it before it gets the heads/details/etc added. It’s actually the fun part of the animation for me, before it gets bogged down in details and making sure the anatomy is correct and whatnot!

Also, I’m pleased to announce for anyone $1 and up (so that’s all of you reading this)- welcome to our Discord! We have exciting channels to share your favourite shows, anime, c...

Juri vs Bison (rough frames)

Hello everyone!

Here's a look at a fight between Juri and Bison coming up towards the end of the Street Fighter film. It's just rough frames, then the super super rough frames as you can see, but should give you a look into the process behind setting up a fight.

You can see how the timing gets tightened up and more impact is added between the two stages, etc.

As always, I did my research a...

Star Wars process video.

Hello everyone! Did I ever post this? I don't think I did.

Here's a quick look the first try of my 3D-2D integration technique.

R-Type 3D models

Hello everyone!

How’s everyone handling this summer heat? I’ve put together an exclusive 3D model package from my R-Type film!

https://mega.nz/#!4NAUFY4a!JN4xJe6YHgSz22P7u-ukTaE4I3zPqNTTKAvpN9YjSo4

I customized the assets originally in TVPaint, but feel free to paint any ship colors you like with these bases. Feel free to reskin,  remodel, and make your own short films, or anything you like really! Also post your res...

Scene 4 preview!

Hello all!
It's a quick one, but here's a look at scene 4 of the Streetfighter film (see attached file below). No sound effects yet, but the voices are in (though the sound balance isn't polished yet). The final thing will of course have full music and SFX mixing by Zak and Joey.

I wanted to get homages to the Streetfighter anime movie soundtrack in there, so Cammy flicks through KMFDM's "Ultra" (UK/US soundtrack, Chun-Li/Vega fight) and Ryoko Shinohara's  "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kok...

Street Fighter: Scene 3 preview

Hello one and all. I hope your Monday is going as well as a Monday can!

Here's a preview of scene 3 from the Street Fighter film. I might still clean up a bit of the shading, and obviously it doesn't have music or sound effects as yet (only the voice track), but take a look and see what you think! With the right music and sounds, hopefully we can get that "deserted and gloomy" feel that the script was going for.

I'm actually halfway through scene 4 right now, so expect a preview of that ...

R-Type III & Super R-Type Limited Edition Prints

Good morning, everyone. I hope you're having a good week so far!

RetroBit are releasing a very sleek-looking collector's e...

Plane landing sequence

Hello everyone!

Here's a few shots from the Streetfighter film. It's Guile and Cammy landing at a spooky airfield at night. I've attached the final render and also the rough version below, along with backgrounds and foreground elements if you'd like to take a look. 

I only have a couple of shots left and this whole airport scene will be complete, so I'll have some more stuff to show you before the end of the month.

Hope you're having a good weekend. Crack open a beverage for m...

Driving animation + rough process video

Hello all. I hope you're having a nice weekend!

Here's a recently completed shot from the Streetfighter film. The finished shot and the rough version are attached below, and here's the (rather large) background if you want to have a look at my brush strokes at 100%! I had to draw this one pretty big, since the camera would be panning around it. It's another of those 3D & 2D composite shots.

I (re-re)watched the anime Riding Bean for reference. Specifically, I was watching for how the...

An eyecatch animation!

Hello all! 

I’m glad you enjoyed the R-Type video, and a big welcome to all the new names that joined recently!

The producer I worked with on the first R-TYPE (MASHED YT version) invited me to make a short channel ID. If you’re in the UK keep an eye on Channel 4 and maybe you’ll see it! For everyone else, hope you enjoy the video along with a peek of the skybox wrap. 

Thanks again everybody, and wishing you a great week.

PJ

R-TYPE PREMIERE (Troopers)

Hello, soldiers! Thanks for keeping this machine well-oiled.

I’m excited to announce the wrap up of RETRO ARCADE ANIME: R-TYPE!

This is an update to the original animation I did for Mashed last year. You’ll note new scenes, remastered animation, new backgrounds and more explosions!

I want to personally thank you all for being the driving force behind this creation and it will be available soon on Youtube for all to see with a special thanks to you. The complete...

R-TYPE PREMIERE (Hangar)

Hello, members of the R-9 Hangar Staff!

I’m excited to present you with the private premiere of  RETRO ARCADE ANIME: R-TYPE!

This is an update to the original animation I did for Mashed last year. You’ll note new scenes, remastered animation, more backgrounds and more explosions!

I want to personally thank you all for being the driving force behind this creation and hope you enjoy getting the first peek along with a special thanks to you, plus as available to...

R-TYPE PREMIERE (Asst. Wave)

Hello, special members of the Assistant Wave Cannon Researcher office!

I’m excited to present you with the private premiere of  RETRO ARCADE ANIME: R-TYPE!

This is an update to the original animation I did for Mashed last year. You’ll note new scenes, remastered animation, more backgrounds and more explosions!

I want to personally thank you all for being the driving force behind this creation and hope you enjoy getting the first peek along with a special t...

R-TYPE PREMIERE (Executive)

Hello, special members of the Executive Wave Cannon Research brigade!

I’m excited to present you with the private premiere of  RETRO ARCADE ANIME: R-TYPE!

This is an update to the original animation I did for Mashed last year. You’ll note new scenes, remastered animation, more backgrounds and more explosions!

I want to personally thank you all for being the driving force behind this creation and hope you enjoy getting the first peek along with a special thanks to y...

Arcade backgrounds & .Psd files.

Hello all!

Here's a few new backgrounds I painted up for the R-Type film. I've included the .psd files so you can open them up and look at the various layers, etc, or use them as wallpapers if you like. Can you spot all the games? And have you played any of them?

OK, back to work for me..!

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February updates (and raw footage).

Hello! I hope you're all doing well this Easter time!

The R-Type film is *almost* done now and I should have a sneak preview of the final thing up here next month for you, so watch this space! I'll also have a nice hi-res poster for the film for you to print out and hang on your walls and/or household pets and family members.

Here's some new bits I've been working on this month (see attached .mov). As you can see from the above gif, the animation process for the ships & backgrounds i...

Juri (Street Fighter) shots & background PSDs.

Good day to you all!

Here's a couple of finished shots of Juri (with voice and lip synch), as well as the animation roughs and the two backgrounds as PSDs. See what you think and shoot me some feedback! I think it could use a couple of extra blinks, perhaps.

Paul.

R-Type process gifs.

Hello all!

The R-Type Remastered film is nearing completion, and here's a couple of shots I thought you might like. Speaking of which, I'll have a couple of completed progress shots + background .psd files from Street Fighter for you in a couple of days, so watch this space for those! I'll start uploading full res .movs as well from now on.

I hope you're a having a great new year so far! 

Paul.

Some backgrounds and PSD files!

Hello again, you lot!

I hope Christmas is progressing nicely for you. Only one week to go now! Here are some angles of the control room from the Street Fighter film. It's a (really) rough 3D model I made, rendered out as lines and then hand painted over. The .psd files are included below so you can see how I did the lighting and glows, if you want to. Those three chairs in the middle are where our competition winners are going to be sitting!

I also included the dodgy 3D shots so you can ...

Cheers to you (here's a big .psd file)!

Hello one and all, and a very Merry Christmas to you! I hope you're warm and cosy.

Here's a pic I did to say thanks to you all for supporting me. It's certainly been an interesting time on Patreon recently, but everything seems to be back to normal now!

Anyway, please find attached the full .psd file with lots of layers, including rough sketch, super rough sketch, lines, colours, fixed up final version and all the various background objects. I hope studying the layers will be of some use...

Some process gifs and background PSDs!

Hello all!

Here's a couple of shots I finished recently, with another two almost done.

It may not look like much but that's quite a lot of work for one month, so please bear with me! I may have to tweak some of the background movement when Guile starts the jeep moving as well... do you think the colour palette works? It's a night shot so I went for subdued blues and purples.

I've also ...

StreetFighter contest winners!

Well well! Thank you to all who sent in headshots for the "be an extra in my Street Fighter film" lottery!

After random picking, the winners are:

Prozac Boy

Seth Whitehurst

Congratulations! I'll contact you both soon in case you don't read this!

(Picture completely unrelated, by the way)

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Paul J

A Dalek gif for streaming/videos/anything, really

Good day, ladies and gents!

Here's a Dalek I did, on a transparent background, for my Twitch streams over at https://www.twitch.tv/otaking77077

Feel free to use him yourself! Like I said, it's on a transparent background so you can just drop it over the top of streams, Youtube videos or whatever you're doing really. Take him with my compliments!

You'll have to do your own voice clips, of course. You could al...

Mech process gifs!

Hello! Hope you're all doing well!

I wanted to try animating and matchmoving a mech to a 3D background, and here's what I came up with. What do you think? It's for the remastered R-Type short I'm doing, if you're interested.

If you want to see how I did it in detail, there's 30+ hours of realtime footage and commentary at: https://www.twitch.tv/otaking77077/videos/all  (take a look before Twitch de...

Become an extra in Street Fighter - Contest!

Hello, one and all!

First off, an update! Starting mid next week I'll be back at full throttle, so expect regular livestreams a few times a week again. Things have been somewhat crazy over here, but I shan't bore you with the details.

I hereby announce an EXCITING CONTEST! Have you ever wanted your likeness to be drawn and animated (and annihilated by M.Bison, most probably) in an animated film? If the answer is yes, then email a few photos following the attached template image and I sha...

J-Con 2017

Hello all!
I just got back from J-Con in Derby, UK, where I was invited to give a panel on "how to make anime from home." It went rather well (a pretty good turnout as you can see in the photos above!) and I had a lot of fun showing the TIE Fighter film and Streetfighter preview scene. People seemed to really like them!

It was also great meeting up with Weebl and Savlonic, and listening to their live gig! Plus meeting some of the Team Four Star people (I made some potential...